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Is Sba Certified Small Disadvantaged Business

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified in the record as an SBA-certified small disadvantaged business. It captures the certification status associated with the vendor site details for the award record. Example values may appear as 0/1 or other coded representations depending on the source extract.

Family: Other Transaction Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSBACertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness
Title
Is Sba Certified Small Disadvantaged Business
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorCertifications/isSBACertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified in the record as an SBA-certified small disadvantaged business. It captures the certification status associated with the vendor site details for the award record. Example values may appear as 0/1 or other coded representations depending on the source extract.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards by vendor socioeconomic certification, which is useful for small business utilization, set-aside oversight, equity reporting, and supplier diversity analysis. It can support evaluation of agency performance against socioeconomic participation goals and identification of awards flowing to certified disadvantaged firms.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSBACertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorCertifications/isSBACertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorCertifications/isSBACertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSBACertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Filter awards to SBA-certified small disadvantaged businesses
  • Count or sum obligations by socioeconomic category
  • Compare vendor participation across agencies, periods, or award types

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag reflects current certification status rather than the record’s reported status
  • Treating null, blank, and false/coded-no values as equivalent

Query Guidance

Use this field as a Boolean filter or normalize its coded values into true/false before analysis. In SQL, explicitly map the observed codes from the dataset (for example, 1/0 or Y/N) and coalesce nulls separately so counts and percentages are not distorted.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSBACertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness AS is_sba_certified_small_disadvantaged_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSBACertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSBACertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorCertifications__isSBACertifiedSmallDisadvantagedBusiness IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.